Laws, Regulations & Annotations

Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2010

Revenue and Taxation Code

Property Taxation

Part 3. Equalization

Chapter 1. Equalization by County Board of Equalization

Article 1.9. Hearings Before Assessment Hearing Officers for Unitary Property Located in More Than One County* †

Section 1645

1645. County board of equalization; assessment appeals board procedures. (a) If, within 30 days following receipt of the report and recommendation of the panel of hearing officers by the county board of equalization or assessment appeals board of a concerned county, the assessor of that county or the assessee submits a written request to the board to reject the recommendation of the panel of hearing officers with respect to property located in that county, the board shall, without further testimony, do either of the following:

(1) Accept the recommendation of the panel and change the assessed values for that county in accordance with that recommendation.

(2) Reject the recommendation of the panel and set the request for hearing before the board as an application for reduction of assessment.

(b) In the event that neither the assessor nor the assessee makes a request in accordance with subdivision (a) within the prescribed 30-day period, the board shall, not later than 60 days following its receipt of the report and recommendation of the panel of hearing officers, without further testimony, take the action specified in paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a).

(c) In any hearing set by the board pursuant to this section, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the recommendation of the panel of hearing officers is correct.

† Section 2 of Stats. 1988, Ch. 1480, provided that notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Sec. 3 thereof provided that this act shall be applicable to property taxes levied for the 1989–90 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.

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